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Energy storage electrodes and devices

a technology of energy storage electrodes and electrodes, applied in the field of energy storage electrodes and devices, can solve the problems of inability to prepare electrode films thinner than several tens of microns, inability to improve electrochemical performance characteristics, and inability to achieve additional room for improving electrochemical performance characteristics, etc., to achieve the effect of convenient management and processing

Active Publication Date: 2018-02-27
CHEN TUQIANG
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing thin, flexible electrodes for use in energy storage devices. These electrodes can be easily deposited onto the surface of a variety of conductive materials, allowing for the creation of 3-D energy storage devices with high power and energy density. The invention also describes a method for laminating the electrodes to create devices with desired size and capacity. Overall, the invention provides a way to create efficient and flexible energy storage devices with high performance.

Problems solved by technology

However, these electrode materials have a particle size normally larger than 10 microns and it is not practical to prepare electrode films thinner than several tens of microns.
In addition, to maintain sufficient electrochemical stability and mechanical integrity necessary for cell fabrication, the thickness of inactive component including current collector and electrolyte separator is typically limited to 25 microns.
There is therefore no additional room for improving electrochemical performance characteristics by reducing film thickness of electrodes, electrolytes and current collectors.
In recent years there has been the realization that unproved battery performance can be achieved by reconfiguring the electrode materials that currently employed in 2-D batteries into 3-D architectures.
However, the development of 3-D technologies for energy storage devices is inherently limited by the complexity of micro fabrications involving varieties of special battery and supercapacitor materials.
It is therefore extremely challenging to fabricate 3-D energy devices and no operational 3-D energy devices have been reported.
In addition, these micro fabrication techniques, developed for fabrication of micro-sized devices, are not best suited to fabrication of regular sized devices including batteries and supercapacitors for mobile and portable electronic applications.

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Supercapacitor Electrode Preparation

[0028]A Ni mesh (3×6 cm2, opening 2 microns, wire diameter 2 microns) was cleaned by soaking and sonicating in 50% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) for 16 hrs, and dried in an oven at 120° C. for 1 hr. The mesh sample was clamped with four Al spacer bars (0.5 cm×0.5 cm×5 cm) at the two ends of the rectangular mesh and suspended on top of an Al plate (5×5 cm2) using 4 small screws at each of the four corners of the square Al plate. The suspended mesh on Al plate was placed on a spin coater.

[0029]A supercapacitor electrode precursor solution was prepared by slow addition of 5 wt % of RuCl3 in IPA to an aqueous graphene oxide solution (4 wt %, Sigma-Aldrich). The solution was diluted with IPA to allow approximately 1:1 water to IPA ratio by weight. The RuCl3 to graphene oxide ratio may vary from 0 wt % to 10 wt %.

[0030]The precursor solution was added onto the surface of the mesh that was suspended on top of the Al plate and placed on a spin-coater. The precu...

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Li-Ion Anode Preparation

[0036]A Cu mesh (3×6 cm2, opening 2 microns, wire diameter 2 microns) was cleaned by soaking and sonicating in 50% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) for 16 hrs, and dried in an oven at 120° C. for 1 hr. The mesh sample was clamped with four Al spacer bars (0.5 cm×0.5 cm×5 cm) at the two ends of the rectangular mesh and suspended on top of an Al plate (5×5 cm2) using 4 small screws at each of the four corners of the square Al plate. The suspended mesh on Al plate was placed on a spin coater.

[0037]The supercapacitor electrode precursor solution described in EXAMPLE 1 with 0 wt % RuCl3 concentration was used as the Li-ion anode precursor solution. Again, the precursor solution was added onto the surface of the mesh that was suspended on top of the Al plate and placed on a spin-coater. The precursor solution was allowed to conditioning for 30 seconds, permitting complete wetting on both sides of the mesh, followed by spin at 1200 rpm for 20 seconds. The coating was dried i...

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Li-Ion Cathode Preparation

[0040]A Ni mesh was cleaned, suspended and placed on a spin coater as described in EXAMPLE 1 and ready for subsequent spin-coating. A LiCoO2 precursor solution was prepared as follow: A solution of lithium acetate, (Li(CH3COO)2.2H2O, 5.10 g, 0.05 mol, in 50 mL 50%) was mixed with a solution of cobalt acetate, (Co(CH3COO)2.4H2O, 12.55 g, 0.05 mol in 50 mL 50% IPA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (8.80 g, 0.2 mol) in a 250-mL flask at room temperature. The resulting pink-colored solution was heated under reflux for 6 hrs and cooled to room temperature ready for subsequent spin-coating.

[0041]The precursor solution was added onto the surface of the mesh that was suspended on top of the Al plate and placed on a spin-coater. The precursor solution was allowed to conditioning for 30 seconds, permitting complete wetting on both sides of the mesh, followed by spin at 1200 rpm for 20 seconds. The coating was dried in air at 160° C. for 16 hrs first followed by heating at 4...

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Abstract

An energy storage electrode and a device can be fabricated from Ultrafine Metal Mesh (UMM). Deposited onto the said UMM surfaces are electrode materials including electrochemically active materials and electrolytes, producing UMM-based electrodes. Lamination of alternately stacked positive and negative UMM-based electrodes results in high performance energy storage devices including supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, and Li metal batteries. The energy storage device shows improved energy and power characteristics resulting from the 3-D architectures of the UMM-based energy storage devices.

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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED R&D[0001]The invention was made with Government support under contract No. NNX14CC46P awarded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administrations. The Government has certain rights in the invention.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The invention relates to the field of energy storage electrodes and devices, and primarily of supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, and Li metal batteries fabricated from non-traditional energy storage device processing techniques. More specifically, the invention relates to an electrode assembly for an energy storage device, notably a supercapacitor, a Li-ion battery, or a Li metal battery, the structures of which are defined so as to optimize performance of the energy storage system.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Traditional batteries or supercapacitors are typically two-dimensional (2-D) cells, where thick films of the anode, separator / electrolyte, and cathode are stacked, spiral wound, or folded. The electrodes (anode...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01G11/30H01G11/46H01G11/70H01M10/0565H01M4/74H01M4/587H01M4/525H01G11/28H01G11/32H01G11/56H01M4/131H01M4/133H01M4/02H01M10/0525H01M4/66H01M4/04H01M4/13
CPCH01G11/28H01G11/46H01G11/56H01M4/131H01M4/133H01M4/525H01M4/587H01M4/74H01M10/0565H01G11/32H01M2004/028H01M4/0421H01M4/13H01M4/661H01M10/0525H01M2004/027H01G11/70Y02E60/10Y02E60/13
Inventor CHEN, TUQIANG
Owner CHEN TUQIANG